Ennin is a Japanese monk. He traveled to Tang China as part of a 651-men Japanese tribute mission to the Tang emperor in AD 838.…
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The Tang China & Japan
The record of a pilgrimage to China in search of the law. This is a 2020 reprint of a translation originally published in 1955. It…
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Introduction to Western specialists on China’s history (Part 1)
Joseph W Esherick is an expert on Chinese History. In Ancestral Leaves, he gives us a human history of China from the 14th century to…
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The Malayan-Singapore fiasco
These are the 4 most recent books on the Malayan Campaign and the Fall of Singapore. Their emphasis varies. Farrell focused on the commanders and…
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A bibliophile delights
Kinokuniya KLCC @ KL has a superb collection of English books. If any book is not in the store, they will bring in at no…
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Spencer Chapman
Colonel Spencer Chapman’s book The Jungle is Neutral is a WWII classic. His life is in this biography by Moynahan. Name the island which Chapman…
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